The Canadian tenor, Benjamin Butterfield, enjoys an international career as one of Canada's most successful and sought-after artists. He has performed to critical acclaim throughout North America and Europe and most recently also in Israel and New Zealand. The San Francisco Examiner has described him as "...a master of [Bach] literature..." Regarded as a "musically arresting presence" by the San Francisco Chronicle, he is in demand for concert, opera and recital.

Benjamin Butterfield's operatic credits include debuts in The Barber of Seville under Carlo Rizzi at Welsh National Opera, The Magic Flute with New York City Opera, Tamerlano, directed by Jonathan Miller, at Glimmerglass Opera conducted by Jane Glover and in Die Fledermaus with Edmonton opera. His stage repertoire has encompassed roles in the Cosi fan tutte, Don Pasquale, Cunning Little Vixen, Eugene Onegin, Turn of the Screw, Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflote, Rake's Progress, Persephone, and Tamerlano. He has performed in Naples at Il Teatro di San Carlo, Theatre du Capitole in Toulouse, Welsh National Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, L'Opera Nationale de Montpellier, and Arizona Opera, as well as New York City Opera, L'Opera de Montreal, Vancouver Opera, Calgary Opera (performing Pearl Fishers), Glimmerglass Opera Festival, and Canterbury Opera in New Zealand.

Of his many recordings, the B. BrittenSerenade (CBC/Streatfeild) and The Canticles (Marquis/Aldeburgh Connection) have been recognized by the Juno Awards. Benjamin Butterfield has also recorded Brahms and Schumann Liebeslieder (CBC/Aldeburgh Connection), music of Bach, Schütz and Haydn (Koch International/Jeffrey Thomas&American Bach Soloists), Opera Encores (CBC/Bradshaw), Messiah excerpts with Tafelmusik (CBC/Ivar Taurins) and Weinachts Oratorium (BWV 248) (Dorion/Greg Funfgeld), and French and German opera arias with Canadian Opera Company Orchestra. Film and TV credits include Dido and Aeneas with the Mark Morris Dance Company and Tafelmusik, L'enfant et les Sortileges with the Montreal Symphony and Charles Dutoit, Messiah for ZDF in Halle with The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock, and J.S. Bach's B minor Mass (BWV 232) with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem for PBS. He is also heard regularly on CBC Radio.